ssh/scp used keyless....more secure

[Dr. Scott S. Jones]

Lonnie:

> I don't kow of any resources, but setting this up is fairly simple.
>
> On your client side box, you can generate your ssh keys with the 
> following command:
> ssh-keygen -t dsa
>
> just hit enter for the defaults to all the questions.  Once you're 
> done, you'll have created two files inside ~/.ssh:
> id_dsa & id_dsa.pub
>
> On the server that you want to ssh/scp to without a password, you 
> should have a ~/.ssh directory for your user as well.  Look in that 
> directory.  If you don't already have an authorized_keys file, then 
> all you need to do is scp ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub from your local client box 
> to the server and rename it ~/.ssh/authorized_keys .  At this point, 
> you're done, and you should be able to ssh/scp to that server without 
> passwords.
>
> If you already do have an ~/.ssh/authorized_keys on the server for 
> your user, then you need to append your ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub to the end 
> of ~/.ssh/authorized_keys.  So scp ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub to the server, 
> and then this should do the trick:
> cat id_dsa.pub >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
>
> At this point, you're done, and you should be able to ssh/scp to that 
> server without passwords.

Your suggestion worked, perfectly.

Thanks for simply elegance...

Scott